Handy Puzzles 144 – Gremlin
Crossword 1, page 22
The clue at 5dn was incorrect, it should have read ‘Largest sand desert’ for the answer SAHARA,
Thanks to A Humphry from NSW for reporting this gremlin.
Christine’s BIG Crossword 408 – Gremlin
BIG 3, page 10
114ac should have read ‘Elicited (feelings)’ not ‘Elicits’ for the answer EVOKED.
Thanks to A Johnstone for reporting this gremlin.
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Variety Bumper Puzzles 142 – Gremlin
FindaWord 6, page 102
The word WHARF was missing from the word list.
Thank you to J Coldwell from NSW for alerting us to this Gremlin.
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Monster Prize Pool 04
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Wordsearch Collection 05
Sol: Books give a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and life to everything.
D Lawrence, Chippenham.
A compact Kindle eReader
Code Crackers 04
Sol: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
K Henderson, Swanley.
Wordsearch Collection 06
Sol: Crossroads of civilisation along which erotic goods and foreign ideas were exchanged.
M Nicholson, Lancaster.
Words Jump Off The Page
Some of our more colourful vocabulary comes straight from the pages of fiction. We can thank prolific author Charles Dickens for introducing in his novels the following words, which are still in common use: butterfingers, someone who drops things; abuzz, alive with noise and activity; the creeps, a shiver of horror; devil-may-care, of a [more…]
Crossword & Puzzle Collection 159 – Gremlin
Word Snake, page 53
The clue at 6. should have read ‘Indigestion remedy’ for the answer ANTACID.
Thanks to J Barratt from SA for reporting this gremlin.